What Ohio governor gave 3 local law agencies for drug enforcement

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Gov. Mike DeWine gave out $3.6 million in funds Tuesday for 41 Ohio regulation enforcement companies to make use of on their drug activity forces.

Named the 2022 Ohio Drug Regulation Enforcement Fund, the Franklin County Sheriff’s Workplace, Delaware County Sheriff’s Workplace and Fairfield County Sheriff every noticed six-figure grants from the Workplace of Prison Justice Providers. The governor stated the intention was for them to make use of the cash in efforts to fight drug trafficking, pharmaceutical diversion and arranged crime inside the drug commerce.

“These grants are versatile so drug activity power commanders can tailor their plans to the best profit for his or her native communities,” DeWine stated.

Of the $3.6 million, the three native companies noticed almost half 1,000,000 of it. That cash breaks down as follows:

• Delaware County Sheriff’s Workplace: $118,209.17
• Fairfield County Sheriff: $130,557.84
• Franklin County Sheriff’s Workplace: $166,481.26

Whereas these three companies noticed sizable grants from the fund, others have been dramatically smaller. The Logan County Sheriff’s Workplace noticed solely $8,330.16, and the Hardin County Sheriff’s Workplace obtained $7,546.87.

The grant program arrived on the heels of a serious February drug sting in Franklin County, the place a number of companies got here collectively to arrest 79 individuals and seized $5 million in cocaine, heroin and fentanyl. The earlier yr has seen comparable arrests and drug seizures because the Franklin County Sheriff’s Workplace executed search warrants. In a associated drug effort, an area activity power started handing out free Narcan in Might because the workforce famous a surge in drug overdoses within the county.

View the complete record of regulation enforcement companies who obtained a grant by clicking right here.